I don't get it. Probably, the suspect was just playing around. You know kids these days and their guns.

It's widely known that carrying a gun to a public school isn't kosher and will promptly land you in jail, quickly._________________"It's ok, they might have guns but we have flowers." - Perpetual Victim

This is how the Supreme Court is able to strike down state laws that abridge free speech, unreasonable search and seizure, segregation, etc.

It's why California's medical marijuana and Colorado's "legalization" of marijuana requires cooperation from the Federal government. The DEA and FBI can still nail people for weed, but Colorado is asking them nicely not to.

They are. They're after me every year, for donations, and every year I give. Americans (not the Government) gave a half a billion dollars to UNICEF last year. The government gave, too (some hundred fifty million or such) "on behalf" of taxpayers. We alone cover about 20% of their total budget, not even counting UN funding.

How much did you give, Mr. Socialist benefactor of your fellow man? I see you're at least aware they exist.

They are. They're after me every year, for donations, and every year I give. Americans (not the Government) gave a half a billion dollars to UNICEF last year. The government gave, too (some hundred fifty million or such) "on behalf" of taxpayers. We alone cover about 20% of their total budget, not even counting UN funding.

How much did you give, Mr. Socialist benefactor of your fellow man? I see you're at least aware they exist.

UNICEF is my wife's favourite charity, as well as her parents (I like it too. Helping kiddies is good). I fucking hate all the plastic crap passed around at Christmas, so Christmas time is littered with gifts to UNICEF in my family. Other favourites include charities which promote education for kids (especially girls). We give annually to UNICEF, and top it up whenever there is a crisis (eg. recent syrian crisis). The other main one we give to is a local charity which helps with the homeless. There are a couple of other ones as well.

stupid kids... didn't they know that they're supposed to not do anything, get shot, and then wait for the government to help them? it's like they think they shouldn't be suspended for exhibiting individuality, bravery, and courage. it's clearly important to the nanny state that these traits are forcefully coerced out of children by suspending them from school.

stupid kids... didn't they know that they're supposed to not do anything, get shot, and then wait for the government to help them? it's like they think they shouldn't be suspended for exhibiting individuality, bravery, and courage. it's clearly important to the nanny state that these traits are forcefully coerced out of children by suspending them from school.

Listening to BK, you'd think that 'murica is the only place in the world which has private charity.

I can't speak authoritatively about Ireland (I imagine charity is fairly big there because of the Catholic influence), but when I checked, a year or two ago, Americans were giving about ten times as much as Europeans, on average, to charities (summing both private and tax-funded contributions, with private contributions amounting to about 85% of the total).

It's why California's medical marijuana and Colorado's "legalization" of marijuana requires cooperation from the Federal government. The DEA and FBI can still nail people for weed, but Colorado is asking them nicely not to.

State's should implement policy that drones will take out any feds violating state constitutions._________________You're jumping to conclusions, so I can't keep up with you. Go on without me, I'll just slow you down.

They can't, because it's illegal for anybody but duly authorized (by the President) military forces to be armed with military weapons (with certain relatively low-grade exceptions for law enforcement), and the President has the authority at any time to take command of each state's military and supercede any orders given it by its state's Governor. Furthermore, while National Guard units have been issued weapons, the Federal Government maintains tight control of heavy effects ammunition, such as artillery and mortar shells, missiles, bombs, etc. Even the National Guard armories that hold their weapons are pretty well controlled by active-duty military personnel on assignment to "help train" the National Guard units.

We are no longer truly a federal republic of 50 united states, but a republic with 50 administrative districts, and increasingly weak representative legislature and judiciary, and a powerful, authoritarian populist demagogue at the helm who puts citizens to death at will, ignores the law, spends with or without authorization, and will probably run for a third term after he starts a war with China to justify it. And, it's all Bush's fault.

Many police and/or sheriff departments have helicopters, so drones are a natural extension.

Surely the primary purpose of state militias is for overthrowing the federal government. Party like its 1861._________________You're jumping to conclusions, so I can't keep up with you. Go on without me, I'll just slow you down.

Anyone who is involved in a fight, be it self-defense or otherwise, is going to be suspended. The reason is to let any bad blood between the kids fighting and their friends cool off. At least that's how I understand it.

The school is following procedure. It's not right, but it's what they have to do.

Anyone who is involved in a fight, be it self-defense or otherwise, is going to be suspended. The reason is to let any bad blood between the kids fighting and their friends cool off. At least that's how I understand it.

The school is following procedure. It's not right, but it's what they have to do.

procedure should never be followed when it arrives at an absurd result. if exceptions become too common, then the procedure needs to be changed.

They can't, because it's illegal for anybody but duly authorized (by the President) military forces to be armed with military weapons (with certain relatively low-grade exceptions for law enforcement), and the President has the authority at any time to take command of each state's military and supercede any orders given it by its state's Governor. Furthermore, while National Guard units have been issued weapons, the Federal Government maintains tight control of heavy effects ammunition, such as artillery and mortar shells, missiles, bombs, etc. Even the National Guard armories that hold their weapons are pretty well controlled by active-duty military personnel on assignment to "help train" the National Guard units.

what's the point of the second amendment then? I thought the point is that the population will be armed to prevent a tyrannical govt from doing bad shit. If the rules, however, is that the govt always gets bigger and better guns then the common folk, what's the point?

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We are no longer truly a federal republic of 50 united states, but a republic with 50 administrative districts, and increasingly weak representative legislature and judiciary, and a powerful, authoritarian populist demagogue at the helm who puts citizens to death at will, ignores the law, spends with or without authorization, and will probably run for a third term after he starts a war with China to justify it. And, it's all Bush's fault.

drone strikes are his fault. various things aren't. some things are bush's and somethings were the feds.